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- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Affiliated provider: means a health professional, licensed hospital, licensed pharmacy, or other person that has entered into a participating provider contract, directly or indirectly, with a health maintenance organization to render 1 or more health services to an enrollee. See Michigan Laws 500.3400
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
- annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Automobile insurance: means that term as defined in section 2102. See Michigan Laws 500.3101
- Automobile insurance: means insurance for automobiles which provides any of the following:
(i) Security required pursuant to section 3101. See Michigan Laws 500.3303Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings. Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels. Bequest: Property gifted by will. Board: means the board of directors of the Michigan strategic fund, except where the context clearly requires a different definition. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 Commissioner: means the Michigan film commissioner created in section 29b. See Michigan Laws 125.2029 Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Computed millage: means the number of mills in any year, not less than 7 mills and not more than 13 mills, determined on the date of issuance of the order qualifying the bonds or on a later date if requested by the school district and approved by the state treasurer, that, if levied by the school district, will generate sufficient annual proceeds to pay principal and interest on all the school district's qualified bonds plus principal and interest on all qualified loans related to those qualified bonds no later than the final mandatory repayment date. See Michigan Laws 388.1923 Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Council: means the Michigan film office advisory council created in section 29c. See Michigan Laws 125.2029 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Department: means the department of education. See Michigan Laws 388.1951 Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial. Designated recipient: means an individual who is enrolled in, and in good standing at, as determined by the program, a graduate-level mental health professional program maintained by an institution of higher education located in this state or out-of-state, which includes a department-approved school counselor education or preparation program maintained by an institution of higher education located in this state or out-of-state, school social worker education or preparation program maintained by an institution of higher education located in this state or out-of-state, or school psychology education or preparation program maintained by an institution of higher education located in this state or out-of-state that offers designations, a focus, or special certifications in the provision of school mental health services, and who is working toward obtaining any of the following:
(i) A preliminary school psychologist certificate issued by the department under R 380. See Michigan Laws 388.1951Devise: To gift property by will. Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Disability insurance policy: includes an insurance policy or insurance contract that insures against loss resulting from sickness or from bodily injury or death by accident, or both, including also the granting of specific hospital benefits and medical, surgical, and sick-care benefits to an individual, family, or group, subject to the exclusions provided in this section. See Michigan Laws 500.3400 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Donor: The person who makes a gift. Economic development project: means an endeavor related to industrial, commercial, or agricultural enterprise. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 Enrollee: means an individual who is entitled to receive health services under a health insurance contract, unless the context requires otherwise. See Michigan Laws 500.116 Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office. Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent Facility: means the automobile insurance placement facility created pursuant to this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.3303 Final mandatory repayment date: means the final mandatory repayment date determined by the state treasurer under section 9. See Michigan Laws 388.1923 Financial institution: means a state or nationally chartered bank or a state or federally chartered savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union whose deposits are insured by an agency of the United States government and that maintains a principal office or branch office in this state under the laws of this state or the United States. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC Fund: means the Michigan strategic fund created under section 5, except where the context clearly requires a different definition. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 FWC Qualified Settlement Fund: means the FWC Qualified Settlement Fund described in the settlement agreement approved by the court in In re Flint Water Cases, No. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance. Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. grant program: means the student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program created in section 3. See Michigan Laws 388.1951 Green chemistry: means chemistry and chemical engineering to design chemical products or processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances, while producing high-quality products through safe and efficient manufacturing processes. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 group disability insurance: means voluntary disability insurance that covers 2 or more employees or members, with or without their eligible dependents, written under a master policy issued to a governmental corporation, unit, agency, or department of a governmental entity, to a corporation, copartnership, or individual employer, or, on application of an executive officer or trustee of the association, to an association that has a constitution or bylaws and that is formed in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance, and under which officers, members, employees, or classes or departments of the association may be insured for their individual benefit. See Michigan Laws 500.607 Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. Health insurance policy: means an expense-incurred hospital, medical, or surgical policy, certificate, or contract. See Michigan Laws 500.608 Health maintenance organization: means that term as defined in section 3501. See Michigan Laws 500.106 Highway: means highway or street as that term is defined in section 20 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC Infectious agent: means that term as defined in R 325. See Michigan Laws 333.9201 insurance contract: means a contract of insurance, indemnity, suretyship, or annuity issued or proposed or intended for issuance by a person engaged in the business of insurance. See Michigan Laws 500.116 insured: as used in this chapter , shall not be construed as preventing a person other than the insured with a proper insurable interest from making application for and owning a policy covering the insured or from being entitled under such a policy to any indemnities, benefits and rights provided therein. See Michigan Laws 500.3462 insurer: as used in this chapter , includes a person that files the security as provided in this section. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106 Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Majority leader: see Floor Leaders managed care option: means an optional coverage selected by an insured at the time a policy is issued that includes, but is not limited to, the monitoring and adjudication of an injured person's care, the use of a preferred provider program or other network, or other similar option. See Michigan Laws 500.3181 Manufacturer: means a person that prepares, produces, derives, propagates, compounds, processes, packages, or repackages a drug or device salable on prescription only, or otherwise changes the container or the labeling of a drug or device salable on prescription only, and that supplies, distributes, sells, offers for sale, barters, or otherwise disposes of that drug or device and any other drug or device salable on prescription only, to another person for resale, compounding, or dispensing. See Michigan Laws 333.17706 MEDC: means the Michigan economic development corporation, the public body corporate created under section 28 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963 and the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 Michigan election law: means the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168. See Michigan Laws 389.105 Michigan finance authority: means the Michigan finance authority created under Executive Reorganization Order No. See Michigan Laws 388.1923 Minority leader: See Floor Leaders month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Motor vehicle: means a vehicle, including a trailer, that is operated or designed for operation on a public highway by power other than muscular power and has more than 2 wheels. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 Motor vehicle accident: means a loss that involves the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle regardless of whether the accident also involves the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of a motorcycle as a motorcycle. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 Motorcycle: means a vehicle that has a saddle or seat for the use of the rider, is designed to travel on not more than 3 wheels in contact with the ground, and is equipped with a motor that exceeds 50 cubic centimeters piston displacement. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 Motorcycle accident: means a loss that involves the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of a motorcycle as a motorcycle, but does not involve the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle. See Michigan Laws 500.3101 Municipality: means a county, city, village, township, port district, development organization, institution of higher education, community or junior college, or subdivision or instrumentality of any of the legal entities listed in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Office: means the Michigan film office created in section 29a. See Michigan Laws 125.2029 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Owner: means any of the following:
(i) A person renting a motor vehicle or having the use of a motor vehicle, under a lease or otherwise, for a period that is greater than 30 days. See Michigan Laws 500.3101Participating member: means an insurer who is required by this chapter to be a member of the facility and who in any given calendar year has a participation ratio greater than zero in the facility for that year. See Michigan Laws 500.3303 Participating provider: means a provider that, under contract with an insurer that issues policies of health insurance or with such an insurer's contractor or subcontractor, has agreed to provide health care services to covered individuals and to accept payment by the insurer, contractor, or subcontractor for covered services as payment in full, other than coinsurance, copayments, or deductibles. See Michigan Laws 500.116 Participation ratio: means the ratio of the participating member's Michigan premiums or exposure units to the comparable statewide totals for all participating members, as follows:
(i) For private passenger nonfleet automobile insurance, for distribution of risk or distribution of loss, the ratio shall be based on voluntary net direct automobile insurance car years written in this state for the calendar year ending December 31 of the second prior year as reported to the statistical agent of each participating member as private passenger nonfleet exposure. See Michigan Laws 500.3303Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, profit or nonprofit corporation including a public or private college or university, public utility, municipality, local industrial development corporation, economic development corporation, other association of persons organized for agricultural, commercial, or industrial purposes, a lender, or any other entity approved by the board. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l Personal property: All property that is not real property. Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Port facilities: means seawall jetties; piers; wharves; docks; boat landings; marinas; warehouses; storehouses; elevators; grain bins; cold storage plants; bunkers; oil tanks; ferries; canals; locks; bridges; tunnels; seaways; conveyors; modern appliances for the economical handling, storage, and transportation of freight and handling of passenger traffic; transfer and terminal facilities required for the efficient operation and development of ports and harbors; other harbor improvements; or improvements, enlargements, remodeling, or extensions of any of these buildings or structures. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 Private passenger nonfleet automobile: means a motorized vehicle designed for transporting passengers or goods, subject to specific contemporary definitions for insurance purposes as provided in the plan of operation. See Michigan Laws 500.3303 Private sector: means other than the fund, a state or federal source, or an agency of a state or the federal government. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Project: means an economic development project and, in addition, means the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, conversion, or leasing of an industrial, commercial, retail, agricultural, or forestry enterprise, or any part of these, to carry out the purposes and objectives of this act and of the fund, including, but not limited to, acquisition of land or interest in land, buildings, structures, or other planned or existing planned improvements to land including leasehold improvements, machinery, equipment, or furnishings which include, but are not limited to, the following: research parks; office facilities; engineering facilities; research and development laboratories; warehousing facilities; parts distribution facilities; depots or storage facilities; port facilities; railroad facilities, including trackage, right of way, and appurtenances; airports; bridges and bridge facilities; water and air pollution control equipment or waste disposal facilities; theme or recreational parks; equipment or facilities designed to produce energy from renewable resources; farms, ranches, forests, and other agricultural or forestry commodity producers; agricultural harvesting, storage, transportation, or processing facilities or equipment; grain elevators; shipping heads and livestock pens; livestock; warehouses; wharves and dock facilities; dredging of recreational or commercial harbors; water, electricity, hydro electric, coal, petroleum, or natural gas provision facilities; dams and irrigation facilities; sewage, liquid, and solid waste collection, disposal treatment, and drainage services and facilities. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 Promotion fund: means the Michigan film promotion fund created under section 29d. See Michigan Laws 125.2029 Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Public school: means that term as defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 388.1951 Qualified bond: means a bond that is qualified under this act for state loans as provided in section 16 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 388.1923 Qualified loan: means a loan made under this act or former 1961 PA 108 from this state to a school district to pay debt service on a qualified bond. See Michigan Laws 388.1923 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Rate: means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience. See Michigan Laws 500.2402 Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business. Registry: means the childhood immunization registry or Michigan care improvement registry established under section 9207. See Michigan Laws 333.9201 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Revolving loan fund: means the school loan revolving fund created under section 16c of the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141. See Michigan Laws 388.1923 School district: means a general powers school district organized under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 388.1923 School fiscal year: means a fiscal year that commences July 1 and continues through June 30. See Michigan Laws 388.1951 seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
(a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3nSettlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c Special Purpose FWC Settlement Entity: means the Special Purpose FWC Settlement Entity described in the settlement agreement approved by the court in In re Flint Water Cases, No. See Michigan Laws 125.2004 state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o State treasurer: means the state treasurer or his or her duly authorized designee. See Michigan Laws 388.1923 State university: means a state university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 388.1951 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Superintendent of public instruction: means the superintendent of public instruction described in section 3 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 388.1951 supervisor: means an individual who supervises an eligible designated recipient defined in section 3(2) and to whom the following apply, as applicable:
(i) For an individual who is supervising, as described in this subdivision, a designated recipient who is working toward obtaining a preliminary school psychologist certificate described in subdivision (c)(i) or (ii) or a school psychologist certificate described in subdivision (c)(iii), the individual providing supervision maintains a school psychologist certificate described in subdivision (c)(iii) during the supervision. See Michigan Laws 388.1951Taxable value: means the value determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211. See Michigan Laws 388.1923 Testify: Answer questions in court. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident. Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.